Programme or Project Office Lead

5 days ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom NatWest Group Full time

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Programme or Project Office Lead
- Joining a highly collaborative team, this is a unique opportunity to make a difference to our customers and the bank
- Through strong leadership and management skills, you’ll be establishing and running the programme or project office
- As you deliver the integrity of the programme or project, you’ll have the opportunity to build your network across the bank and gain great exposure for you and your work

**What you'll do**:
In this leading role, you’ll demonstrate strong portfolio, programme, project and risk management skills as you run our programme or project office. This will involve governing and controlling the work reception, planning, supporting business case production, tracking the performance and progress of programmes and programme financial control, including programme financial reporting and forecasting.

Throughout your role, you’ll be liaising with key project stakeholders on a regular basis and ensuring excellent communication between the programme or project managers and other senior stakeholders, delivering appropriate resolution and escalation of execution risks and financials.

You’ll also be:

- Maintaining close relationships between other key programmes and other bodies, to make sure that there are no overlaps in responsibilities
- Providing secretariat activities including meeting minutes, input papers, terms of reference and communications to stakeholders
- Establishing quality assurance activities for various project deliverables and knowledge management activities, such as maintaining repositories and ensuring compliance to established processes
- Establishing and controlling the reporting of programme costs, benefits and opportunities
- Building the reporting of baseline information for the programmes, including RAID, progress and detailed milestones of the programme and change control

**The skills you'll need**:
We’re looking for an established collaborator, with strong leadership and management skills. You’ll need experience of working in internal or external programme support roles, coupled with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Additionally, you’ll need:

- PMO Lead experience with knowledge of programme and project management
- Strong communication skills along with a high level of numeracy
- Ability to lead the execution of programme governance (pack creation and minutes), progress tracking and RAID management
- Experience of project finance and project assurance
- Strong problem solving skills with a strong eye for detail
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with ever changing priorities
- Strong experience of MS Office toolset (in particular, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint/Teams)



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